Fig. 2From: Value of diffusion‐weighted MRI and lesion‐to‐spinal cord signal intensity ratio in pulmonary lesion characterizationFemale patient 74-years-old presenting with cough, dyspnea and hemoptysis with massive weight loss. A-D: Axial T1 (A), axial T2 (B), axial STIR (C), coronalT2 (D) weighted MR images show large right upper lobar soft tissue mass lesion measuring 7.2 × 6.4x6.1 cm along its maximum axial and craniocaudal dimensions respectively. It elicits isointense signal and hyperintense signal relative to the surrounding muscles on T1 and T2 respectively. It shows right hilar and mediastinal extensions encroaching on the lumen of the trachea and right main bronchus causing partial collapse of the right upper and middle lobes. It is seen encasing and attenuating the SVC. DWI (E) and ADC map (F) images show restricted diffusion with LSR 1.65, ADC mean 1.34 and ADC min 1.15. Histopathology revealed squamous cell lung cancerBack to article page